Jens Zimmermann is a philosopher and theologian who specializes in hermeneutics and the philosophical and theological roots of humanism. He currently holds the position of Canada Research Professor at Trinity Western University, Langley, British Columbia, Canada. He is a visiting research fellowat the Center for Theology and Modern European Thought at the University of Oxford, served as visiting Professor at Regent College, was awarded a research fellowship at Trinity Hall, and a British Academy Visiting Fellowship.
Education and academic career
Degrees:
Ph.D. Philosophy, 2010. Johannes Gutenberg Universität.
Ph.D. Comparative Literature, 1997. University of British Columbia.
M.A. Comparative Literature, 1993. University of British Columbia.
B.A. English Literature and Language, 1992. University of British Columbia. ''
Academic Positions:
J.I. Packer Chair of Theology, Regent College, September, 2020-Present
Canada Research Professor for Interpretation, Religion, and Culture, 2010-2016.
Visiting Professor for Philosophy, Theology, and Literature, Regent College, 2017-2019.
Humanism and Religion: A Call for The Renewal of Western Culture. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2012.
Incarnational Humanism: A Philosophy of Culture for the Church in the World. Westmont, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2012.
Theologische Hermeneutik: ein trinitarisch-christologischer Entwurf. Freiburg: Herder, 2008.
The Passionate Intellect: Incarnational Humanism and the Future of University Education.. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic Press, 2006.
Recovering Theological Hermeneutics. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic Press, 2004.
Edited Books
Re-Envisioning Christian Humanism. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017.
Reimagening the Sacred. Richard Kearney Debates God with James Wood, Charles Taylor, Julia Kristeva, Gianni Vattimo, Simon Critchley, Jean-Luc Marion, John Caputo, David Tracy, Jens Zimmermann and Merold Westphal.. New York: Columbia University Press, 2015.
Whose Will Be Done? Essays on Sovereignty and Religion. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield/Lexington.
Heidegger und die Dichtung/Heidegger and Poetics. Heidegger Jahrbuch 8. Freiburg: Alber Verlag, 2014.
Christians and the Middle East Conflict.. London, UK: Routledge, 2014.
A Spoke in the Wheel: The Political in the Theology of Dietrich Bonhoeffer/Dem Rad in die Speichen fallen: Das Politische in der Theologie Dietrich Bonhoeffers.. Gütersloh: Gütersloher Verlagshaus, 2013.
God Speaks to Us: Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Biblical Hermeneutics.. Germany: Peter Lang, 2013.
Bonhoeffer, Religion and Politics: 4th International Bonhoeffer Colloquium.. Germany: Peter Lang, 2012.
